Mohave County miner., 1887-04-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The cos, Of crematIng n corpse in
Paris has been reduced 10 three dollars
English ladies who sympat hize will
Mr. Gladstone wear badges Of silvei
made In the shape Of 0 thistle.
The monks OF Altotsing, in Bavaria,
have in their keeping the hearts Of 4
long line Of Kings The hearts are In
silver urns.
The Jewish population ofJcrusaicm
Is constantly increasing. and now mum.
bcrs lS,Geo. This Is the largest num-
bes' that has lived in the sacred city al
one time since tho destruction by Titus
in 10 a. ID.
1l,e deaths resulting from coliiery
explosions In England for the year 1885
were much moro numerous than for
several years previous, being 325,
against e5 in 1884 and 1874 in 1858.
Tie ratio Of crime among offenders
nnd r age has considerably more than
doubled during the past live years In
france. AMI The statistics register for
tho titlst time numerous cases Of suicide
committed by children.
Tile London Caterer says, appropos
OF lcans, that the priests Of Egypt held
u crime even TO look at beans--the
very sight Of them uncIean. The Romans
ate beans Mt funerals. with awe. from
the idea that the souls OF the dead were
n them.
Upon her ascension 10 the throne
qneen Victoria appointed Hebrew
fS'r Moses MoBtciiorel rs sheriff Of
London. and now, at the beginning OF
tlo fist:cth year Of her reign, another
Rcbrew (Aiderman Isaacs) has been ap
pointed TO the same Office.
---Forty-nine tons OF snails are con-
sumed daily in Paris during their sea-
scn. They are boiled in five or six wa
ters, extracted from the she'll dressed
w.th fresh butter and garlic. then re-
piac1d in the she'll covered with parsley
and brcatl-crambs, and finally simmcrcd
n wi.i:c wine.
--The work OF emancipating slaves i'm
Caba Is beng gradually accomplished.
In May l02 slaves were ser free at Union
lie Reyes, li0 mt Cucvitas and 1853 at Al
fonso XII. From May s, 1880. 10 the
hct tnning OF May. 1886, 2s. .io6 slaves
were given their Liberty IN the province
Of Santa Clara. ....
"A correspondent oil the Eolnische
Zcituag reports that torture has Mt last
beeA abolished in Guatemala. Those
who hcnccforth employ it. whether civil
riIiccrs or Members Of the army. are
punishable with imprisonment Of from
sx months 10 two years. and with
deposition from office, and IL death re-
suits from torture, the guilty person Is
10 be !r.ed for murder.
Magnesium, which has more than
once been employed rs q source Of light,
appears likely 10 be employed again, a
process having been 4 scoyered for pro-
duc,ng pure magnesium by electrolysis,
and st price much less than that at
which ii was formerly obtainablc. At
the works in Bremen, where the manu-
faeiure OF maennsium Is carried on,
prizes ere otierct! for the construction
OF tbs best magnesium lamps having
clockwork movement.
The owner OF q cherry tree which
stood is The way OF German railroad
extension (ncar Nieacrlahnstein) Is said
to have asked nine hundred dollars for
the tree. Experts were appointed, and,
as he showed that for years it had
yielded him crops each Of which had
been sod for a sum equivalent to the
interest Oh the amount asked. they
agreed to award h;n six hundred dol
lats, and the tree had 10 90.